How to Make Easy Paleo Brownies

These brownies are pretty simple to make, requiring 1 bowl, 7-ingredients and about 10 minutes of prep. Just mix everything up in a bowl and bake for about 20 minutes. Easy!

The star ingredients here are also fairly basic – you don’t need anything too crazy or exotic. I actually adapted this recipe from a recipe I found on Food.com which means that there is a lot of wiggle room for a few adjustments if you don’t have everything on hand.

Keep in mind that you won’t have paleo brownies with most of these adaptations if that’s what you care about. If however you’re just looking for an easy and delicious gluten free brownie recipe then these are perfect for you! It’s all about the options!

However you make these brownies, I really think you’re going to love them!

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C and grease or line an 8x8 inch baking pan. Set aside.

Mix together the melted coconut oil and coconut sugar in a medium sized mixing bowl until combined. Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.

Add in the tapioca flour, cocoa powder and chopped chocolate chunks. Fold it all together with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon. Stir until no lumps remain.

Pour the brownie batter into the prepared baking pan and spread out to an evenly layer. Bake the brownies for 20-22 minutes. To check if the brownies are done: insert a toothpick or a knife into the centre of the brownies. If the pick/knife comes out almost completely clean then you're done.

Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack completely before cutting into squares.

Notes

Cover and store leftover brownies at room temperature for up to 1 week.

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Best overall texture, taste, aroma of any brownie recipe I’ve tried! And very glad for a non-nuts-based treat 🙂 I used 2 flax eggs, and half gheehalf coconut oil, didn’t have any oil separation prob. Needed to cook almost twice as long as recipe. I’m grateful to you for your kitchen wizardry!

Used a blend of Dutch processed cocoa and regular unsweetened and since I was out of chocolate chips I swapped in two tablespoons of cashew butter. The brownies were sweet, soft and melt in your mouth good. This recipe is a keeper!

Hi Sarah My daughter is on a paleo and egg free diet. I adapted your brownie recipe. I used only 1/3 cup coconut oil because I use flax eggs to substitute and found I had to drain oil from the pan during the baking cycle. I use 2 flax eggs requires 2 T of milled flax and 4 T of water. Mix and set aside in fridge. Then add 1/2 tsp of baking powder. I also melted the dairy free gluten free chocolate chips.

Suggest baking in muffin tins or the small brownie pan as it does get a gooey in the middle in a larger pan. We have tried many recipes and this one has worked the best for us.

Hi Judie! Thank you so much for sharing your adaptions! I get a lot of people asking about making egg free versions of things and it’s always SO helpful and kind when readers are able to share what does/doesn’t work for them. I tried this recipe once using flax eggs to test an egg free version and had the same issue with extra oil so I’m really glad you worked that one out for me! I also love the idea of baking these in muffin tins – can’t go wrong with little brownie bites!

I wouldn’t recommend subbing for coconut flour here since it’s such an absorbent flour – you’d have to end up changing the amounts of other ingredients too. If you’re looking for a coconut flour brownies you might like these ones more http://cookituppaleo.com/perfect-coconut-flour-brownies/

Hi Stephanie! How thin would you say that your brownies are? Mine might look thicker than they are in the pictures because they’re taken close up, but they’re really only about 1/2 inch thick. If you plan on making these again you can always add about 1/2 teaspoon baking powder to give these a little more rise.

I haven’t tried this recipe using less oil yet but if you’re up for experimenting you could try using 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup mashed ripe bananas. I’ve been playing around with using less oil in other recipes and that works in some cases. Unfortunately I can’t say for sure how well it will come out though – hope that helps! If you do try it with less oil let me know how it goes for you!

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